Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association

RMIA Monthly Board Meeting
2024-12-09 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | TUTA, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Please join us for the December RMIA Board meeting at 7pm on December 9th at TUTA (4670 N Manor Ave) or via Google Meet at this link.

RMIA Board Meeting
2024-11-11 19:00 - 20:30
The board meets on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. The November meeting will be fully virtual due to a lack of meeting location. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Monday, November 11 · 7:00 – 8:00pm
Time zone: America/Chicago
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jjp-nqdj-cfb
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 561-614-0362‬ PIN: ‪980 841 400‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/jjp-nqdj-cfb?pin=7246774208933

Halloween Trick-or-Treating
2024-10-31 17:00 - 21:00
Halloween here! Ravenswood Manor celebrates this special holiday on the day-of, so get ready for trick-or-treaters on Monday, October 31. The little ones come out early — around 4:30pm — and the festivities continue until after dark. Please expect additional traffic in the area and pay special attention to intersections when driving. Let’s help keep all our kids safe!
As usual, we are also celebrate the creativity and spirit of Halloween with a HalloWalk as part of RMIA’s #BeautifyTheManor initiative. Check out the live map of spooky decorations at bit.ly/hallowalk24! Anyone who submits their house to the map is entered to the following prizes:

Gift Card to Somethin’ Sweet Donuts
Gift Card to Bru Coffeeworks
Girt Card to Templestowe Pub

RMIA Annual Meeting
2024-10-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Waters Elementary School
Join us for our Annual meeting on Thursday, October 24th at 6pm at Waters Elementary – south Garden entrance. We will hear from the 40th and 33rd wards and CDOT about upcoming traffic and pedestrian safety projects planned for Ravenswood Manor. We will also provide an update on current RMIA initiatives and vote for new RMIA Board Members and Officers. Hope to see you there!

HalloWalk Decoration Raffle
2024-10-14 - 2024-11-01
Decorate your home and submit it to our HalloWalk Decoration Raffle! Winners will be chosen at random on Nov 1. Win prizes from local businesses such as Bru Coffeeworks and Somethin’ Sweet Donuts! Learn more on the HalloWalk page here.

Free Yoga in LaPointe Park
2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:00 | LaPointe Park, 4741 N Manor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Join Laura Johnston, a local yoga teacher and neighbor, for the LAST session of Free Yoga in LaPointe Park! Bring your mat, a water bottle, a friend, and maybe some bug spray for this final session.

RMIA Board Meeting
2024-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Horner Park Fieldhouse, 2741 W. Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618, United States
The RMIA Board meets the second Monday of the month in September, November, December, January, February, March, , May, and June. This month we will be meeting in the Horner Park conference room on the second floor of Horner Park Fieldhouse at 7pm. Neighbors are welcome to join.

2nd District School Board Forum
2024-09-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Amundsen High School, 5110 N Damen Ave, Chicago
What: Second District School Board Forum
Who: Hosted by 40th Ward Dems, Our 40th, and 40th Ward Workers United
When: Thursday, September 5th 2024
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm. Forum from 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Event Address: Amundsen High School – 5110 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Post-Forum Meetup: Kay’s Dugout – 1930 W Foster Ave

As Chicago looks forward to choosing its first elected School Board Members in November, progressive organizations in the 40th Ward will host a forum for the District 2 candidates on September 5th at Amundsen High School from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Please RSVP using this form and submit questions you would like to hear the candidates answer!

Invited Candidates Include: Ebony DeBerry, Maggie Cullerton Hooper, Kate Doyle and Bruce Leon

RSVP – bit.ly/2nddistrictforum

Sponsored by the 40th Ward Dems, Our 40th and 40th Ward Workers United

Free Yoga in LaPointe Park
2024-08-29 18:00 - 19:00 | LaPointe Park, 4741 N Manor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Bring your mat, water bottle, bug spray, and good energy for a fun and relaxing evening of FREE yoga in beautiful LaPointe Park with local yoga instructor, Laura Johnston, compliments of the RMIA.

Yves Francois Rocambu Jazz in Manor Park
2024-08-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Ravenswood Manor park
Enjoy Jazz by Yves Francois Rocambu in Ravenswood Manor Park at 6pm as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks series.
For more info, see the Chicago Park District website’s page here.

Manor Bash - Celebrating 110 Years!
2024-08-24 - 2024-08-25
Mark your calendars to celebrate the 110 years anniversary of the Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association on August 24th, 2024 with a day full of activities, concerts, and celebrations in and around Ravenswood Manor Park. For all the details about this event, please visit the dedicated page on this website here.

Manor Park Concert: Bird x Butterfly and The Nettes
2024-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Bird x Butterfly is a Korean-American duo composed of Chicago singer-songwriters Frances Kang and Paul Kim. Together, they create indie-pop that blends ethereal soundscapes and introspective lyrics with haunting, harmonizing vocals. Their genre-bending music is often inspired by the beauty of nature and the complexity of the human experience — like their latest single “White (As We Speak)” and their first single “Monarch,” which was highlighted as one of NPR’s favorite entries for its 2021 Tiny Desk Contest.
The Nettes is a harmony-infused group based in Chicago featuring songwriters Alex Fiolek, Kristina Cottone, and Sonya Major. Together, their music fuses soaring melodies, compelling lyricism, and tasteful instrumentation.

Manor Park Concert: The Horner Park Jazz Band
2024-07-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Come relax with some fantastic jazz offered up by our very own band of jazz enthusiasts. An easy afternoon of jazz is the perfect way to end the weekend and head into a new week with the right frame of mind.
If you’re a musician, you might just find your next project—the Horner Park Jazz Band rehearses on Monday nights at Horner Park, and anyone can bring an instrument and sit in!

Ravenswood Manor Garden Walk
2024-07-28 13:00 - 16:00
Join us for the 68th annual Ravenswood Manor Garden Walk. Pick up your map at Ravenswood Manor Park (4626 N Manor Ave, Chicago IL 60625). $5 suggested donation. Come back to Ravenswood Manor Park after your walk for a FREE LIVE CONCERT from 2pm – 4pm featuring the Horner Park Jazz Band!

Horner Park Concert: Concert: Pravda Records Night—Steve Dawson and The Handcuffs
2024-07-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Horner Park
Concert: Pravda Records Night—Steve Dawson and The Handcuffs

Friday, July 26, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Horner ParkChicago, IL, 60618United States (map)

Steve Dawson
On Steve Dawson’s new album, simply titled Ghosts, his sixth as a solo artist, the Chicago-based musician and songwriter, well-known for the impassioned alternative country of the band Dolly Varden, crafts ten songs that find reasons to believe – in music, in human connections, in desert vistas – even as the ghosts move all around him, all around us. But those ghosts, those presences of the past, are part of why we hope. “Loss by loss, year by year,” Dawson reflects on the aching acoustic song “Sooner Than Expected.” Still he tries to keep up, tries to keep pace with time. He knows hope doesn’t come easy and knows the ghosts can’t be wished away.
Largely written between 2017 and 2023, these ten songs combine intimate confessions and tightly constructed narratives. Across all ten songs, Dawson’s voice, with his soulful, golden burr, communicates with searing emotion and resilience. That visceral and instantly recognizable tone finds an ideal complement in an ensemble of principally Chicago-based musicians and close friends.
“Many of my favorite albums were recorded live in the studio,” Dawson says. “I was reading about Neil Young making Zuma and Tonight’s The Night, all the 1970s Dylan records, the Band’s second record. The arrangements on this new album were created on the spot, and rather than a collection of overdubs, the album is a performance.”

The Handcuffs
Led by drummer Brad Elvis (Screams, The Elvis Brothers, Big Hello, The Romantics) and vocalist/guitarist/saxophonist Chloe F. Orwell (Big Hello), Chicago’s The Handcuffs recently released their fourth studio album Burn The Rails(Pravda Records). The 13-song album was tracked at Kingsize Sound Labs, Chicago, with producer/engineer Mike Hagler (Wilco, Neko Case, Billy Bragg, Mavis Staples, My Morning Jacket, The Mekons). Burn The Rails is available via all download and streaming platforms, CD and on 12″ vinyl in summer 2024.
For the the new album, The Handcuffs found inspiration from the heady, analog days of early 1970s rock & roll, weaving together elements of glam, indie, garage, art and blues rock. Inhabiting some of the same musical turf as T-Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, The Raconteurs, P.J. Harvey, Led Zeppelin, and Patti Smith – all filtered through a modern lens – they deliver bold, sexy songs with memorable melodies and unexpected twists.
Elvis and Orwell formed The Handcuffs from the ashes of Big Hello, their first band together, which released three indie label records and toured from coast to coast. Elvis’ career also includes a few major label go-arounds, arena tours, and a backstory that will be documented in a new autobiography in the near future. The duo’s eagerness to explore new sonic territory and evolve into an entity that aligned more with their ever-expanding influences and broad range of musical tastes prompted a change. The Handcuffs began as primarily a studio project, in which Elvis and Orwell wrote and recorded an abundance of material. During the process, they realized that they missed the live band experience, and so The Handcuffs as recording artists and a dynamic live band was born. Completing the line-up are bassist Emily Togni, lead guitarist Charlie Short, and keyboardist Carolyn Engelmann, all of whom originate from different parts of the country, but have made Chicago their home.

This concert is sponsored by Lyon Communications, and Patrick Duffy, Baird & Warner – North Center

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Manor Park Concert: Narloch Piano Recitals
2024-07-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Christopher Narloch has been teaching at their own studio in Ravenswood Manor, Chicago since 2011. They have over 60 private students and host four studio recitals each year, including one each summer in Ravenswood Manor Park.

Manor Park Concert: Jon Langford and Sally Timms
2024-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Jon Langford has been a constant fixture on the fringes of the music industry and art world for the last three decades, irons in the fire, plates in the air, occasionally, accidentally in tune with current fads and phases but happier charting his own contrary course through the choppy waters of popular culture. The Welsh born artist and musician, who relocated to Chicago in 1992, has a degree in fine art from the University of Leeds where (in great British art school tradition) he downed brushes to co-found that seminal punk rock band, The Mekons in 1977. Jon currently performs with Chicago Hard Country legends the Waco Brothers and has a new album out this spring with his new band The Bright Shiners.
Known for his merging of country music themes with striking visuals Langford has produced album covers for artists as diverse as Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Buddy Guy, Hound Dog Taylor and Trio featuring Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. In 2015 Langford was Artist in Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville and worked on visuals for the acclaimed DYLAN, CASH and the NASHVILLE CATS exhibit. During this period he began working with Hatch Show-print master printer Jim Sherraden and under their aliases Bishop Biscuit and Father Drogo in recent years they have produced a series of collaborative works for their touring COMPLICATED CHARACTERS Art show.
Sally Timms was born in Leeds, England. She grew up in the Yorkshire dales, sang in the church choir and performed in poetry recitals as a child. In 1985 she joined the Mekons as a full-time member and has regretted it ever since. Unfortunately, the only way out of the Mekons is in a box, so she’s still there.
Known as one of the laziest women in show business, she frequently calls in favors from her most talented and successful friends so that she can dedicate more time to watching television and eating bananas.
She has blonde hair, gray eyes, and appalling mood swings.

Manor Park Concert: Phil Angotti
2024-06-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Brought to us by the Horner Park Advisory Council Summer Concert Series.
Known in Chicago as “THE Beatles guy”, Phil Angotti consistently draws diverse audiences to Beatle shows; first when playing with the Beatle Brothers, now with the Phil Angotti Band, Great Moments in Vinyl, the What4, and as a solo performer. Phil plays the Beatles catalog by heart and from the heart. The years of practice, listening and learning are evident, especially since he is great at taking requests! The Kinks, The Zombies, The Bee-Gees, Nick Drake and Buddy Holly all hold special places in his musical mind too.
Phil is the current lead singer and guitar player for Material Issue, a Chicago power-pop band who made it big in the early ‘90’s (they had videos on MTV when that was cool). Now known as Material ReIssue, opening for The Smithereens is one of his favorite moments on stage in fact! Other great moments in Phil include opening for Marshall Crenshaw, Richard Furay (Buffalo Springfield), and Eddie Money, plus the Beatles album shows.
The *ahem* experience of this guy is key. His music came out first on vinyl, then cassette, 8-track, cd’s, then back to vinyl. Through all 14 solo albums Phil’s melody’s shine, blending cool pop grooves with sweet harmonies. He’s proven a commitment to his craft and become one of Chicago’s most beloved artists.

Manor Park Concert: Los Gallos
2024-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Brought to Manor Park by the Horner Park Advisory Council, the first in this series of summer concerts kicks off with Los Gallos. Los Gallos are Chicago’s premier Mexi-Americana Roots band. Transcending musical borders, Los Gallos are known for their un-segregated sound. Their roots-oriented style draws upon traditional Latin sounds and American vibes. Los Gallos seamlessly fuse an eclectic mix of Cumbia, Tex-Mex and Bolero with Country, Rock and Blues to create their signature sound.
“Los Gallos filters Tex-Mex through garage rock on “Yeah Yeah Yeah.”
—Greg Kot, The Chicago Tribune
“Los Gallos bring the catchy “Yeah Yeah Yeah”, built around a riff, in typical garage rock fashion, with the vocalist bellowing his lines, promising the listener he’ll rock and play the blues.”
—Spill Magazine
“ … the best grungy Cowboy Movie theme tune never to make it onto the big screen… Los Gallos and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!”
—The Rocking Magpie

RMIA Monthly Meeting
2024-06-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-13 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-03-11 19:00 - 20:00 | TUTA, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
The RMIA Board meets every second Monday of the month both in-person and online. Any and all are always welcome to attend. This meeting will take place in-person at TUTA Theatre Chicago at 4670 N Manor Ave at 7pm or via Zoom. Please use this registration link to gain access to the Zoom meeting details.

Ravenswood Manor Garage Sale
2024-05-19 10:00 - 16:00
The annual Ravenswood Manor Garage Sale is one of the oldest and most popular neighborhood-wide events in the City of Chicago and a fun way for residents to repurpose, reuse and recycle household items.

Want to Participate?
A garage sale registration form will be available in late April 2024. Participating in the garage sale is free for any current RMIA member. Non RMIA members will be charged a fee to participate. Become an RMIA member today!
RMIA uses the registration information to obtain a bulk sale permit issued through the Ward offices and to create a handy online map to advertise the garage sale.

RMIA Semi-Annual Meeting
2024-04-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Waters Elementary School
The Semi-Annual meeting will take place on April 25th at 6pm at Waters Elementary School – South Garden Annex Entrance – at 6pm. Join Officer Miro of the 17th district to hear a presentation on keeping you, your loved ones, and your home safe. After his presentation, we will provide an overview of current RMIA initiatives focusing on Manor Bash, which will take place on Saturday, August 24th.

Easter Egg Hunt
2024-03-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Mark your calendars for the annual Ravenswood Manor Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday March 30 at 10am. Bring a basket for the kids as they hop through Ravenswood Manor Park collecting fun filled Easter eggs!

RMIA Monthly Meeting
2024-02-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-01-08 19:00 - 20:00 | TUTA, 4670 N Manor Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
The RMIA Board meets every second Monday of the month both in-person and online. Any and all are always welcome to attend. To join via Zoom please contact president<at>ravenswoodmanor.com for meeting log in registration details.

RMIA Meeting — Neighbors Welcome!
2023-12-11 19:00 - 20:00
The RMIA Board meets the second Monday of each month, except for October and April, when we have our Annual and Semi-Annual meetings. We take a break for summer during the months of July and August. Dates for annual meetings will be announced closer to those dates.
The December 11th meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at 7pm. Please use this link to register and receive the Zoom link.

Holiday Lighting Ceremony
2023-12-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park
Meet at Manor Park for the annual Ravenswood Manor Holiday Lighting Ceremony. Free hot cocoa and snacks and BYO picnic. 6:00 p.m. on December 8, 2023. Add to calendar.

Horner Park Advisory Council Meeting
2023-12-06 19:00 - 20:00
HPAC meetings take place on the 1st Wednesday of each month, at 7pm. Sign-up HERE.
